A U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Monday that the U.S. Commerce Department’s imposition of countervailing duties on China-made off-the-road (OTR) and agricultural tires in 2008 was illegal under U.S. law. In the case of GPX International Tire Corp. v. United States, the court held that the U.S. anti-subsidy law – also known as countervailing duty, or "CVD," law – cannot apply to Chinese imports while China is a non-market economy.

In response to this ruling, the United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard today released the following statement ... more